Comments on: Jig Week!

By: Ty

Ty — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:50:47 +0000

Thanks Nomad, Jet lag is kicking in.

Thanks Rob, we need to schedule a Andong trip this year with Nomad. Maybe two days and set up camp.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:19:27 +0000

Yes, welcome back Ty!!

By: Nomad

Nomad — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:29:14 +0000

Ty,

Welcome back, brother..remind me, I have something for you too.

Tex Mex,

Are those the finesse-type jigs that weigh 1/4 ounce or less? Because I have a couple of those and had planned on using them once the weeds/reeds get thick out there and the bass become a little more finicky. I’ll have to get some of the smaller trailers though…

By: Tex Mex

Tex Mex — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:12:21 +0000

Nomad,

I have had a lot of luck everywhere with a bitsy bug/Zoom Super Chunk Jr. combo. I don’t know what it is about a bitsy bug but it is much better than any other jg I have used. To me it is like comparing a fake senko and the real senko. The difference is definitely there. Green pumpkin has always been my favorite color.

By: Ty

Ty — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:53:33 +0000

Nomad, spinnerbait week it will be and the colors will be yellow and white, black and yellow. Way to fish them jigs though. See you soon as I’m back at the house from the states.

By: Nomad

Nomad — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:18:04 +0000

LOL Rob. Trust me, it wasn’t all fun. Like you and I were talking the other day; Senkos pretty much catch the fish for you…but this, this was too much like work

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:13:32 +0000

Nice going Nomad, and good on you for sticking to your guns, errr, I mean jigs. LOL

By: Nomad

Nomad — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:06:33 +0000

Thanks Steve, but as I mentioned, it got a little frustrating out there at times, casting for an hour with no bite at all, especially when I wasn’t sure I was even fishing the lure correctly. But who knows, maybe there weren’t any bass in the area and I would have had the same result with Senkos or other lures.
As for the fall rate of that jig, the website claims 1 foot every 3 seconds and that seems about right. The jig almost floats down,insterad of sinking like a rock and if you put a trailer on it, it sinks a little slower. But, like I said, they’re pretty light and are a bit hard to cast a good distance – if you’re not worried about casting it 50 feet, then no problem.
LOL, that dink hit in about 1 foot of water and I set that hook pretty hard. I don’t know who was more surprised, the fish or me, when it went flying

By: steve

steve — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:52:21 +0000

Great job Nomad, for sticking to you guns with the jigs
I have seen those jigs before on the internet and thought they looked very interesting. I guess I’d better give them a try now also.

What was the actual fall/sink rate of these jigs Nomad? I bet they would work awesome at Andong along the rock walls.

LOL on the flying bass, Rob did the very same thing when I was up at the river in April, one of the funniest things I have seen, but I felt sorry for the poor fish, lol.